Unit 10 Flashcards

0
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Panama Canal

A

A canal that spans from the Caribbean Sea to the Pacific Ocean made by the U.S. and France… Panama now has control.

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Manioc

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A root vegetable that is a staple in the jungle diet.

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2
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Quechua

A

The Incan language

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3
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Quipu

A

Knotted string used to keep records

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4
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Intihuatana

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A stone used for a special ceremony where the Incas would “Tie the sun” to the stone

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5
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Ombu

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A tree-like Plant

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6
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Savannah

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Are between a rainforest and a desert

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7
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Isthmus

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A narrow strip of land with water on both sides, that connects two larger bodies of land

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8
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Cultural Hearth

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A place from which important ideas are spread

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9
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Murals

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A form of painting on a wall or rock surface

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10
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Entrepreneur

A

A person who starts a buisnessd

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11
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Undocumented

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Lacking the official papers required for legal immigration or residence

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12
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Cartel

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A group that controls a product’s price and limits competition

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13
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Location Question

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Where is it?

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14
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Place question

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What is it like?

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15
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H-E Interaction Question

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How do people interact with and change their environment?

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16
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Movement Question

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How are people/places linked by communication and the flow of people, ideas, and goods?

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17
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Region Question

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What are their unifying features and how do they form or change over time?

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18
Q

Olmec

A

Made the first rubber balls for the game

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19
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Teotihuacan

A

Played a version of the ballgame using bats

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20
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Maya

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“Ballplayer” was among the ceremonial titles of the king

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21
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Toltec

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Influenced the Aztec ballgame

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22
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Huastec

A

Made pottery figures of male and female ballplayers

23
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Aztec

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Xochipilli, the patron god of the ballgame

24
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Spanish Conquest

A

Abolished the game because thought to be pagan ritual

25
Q

Why do many people who have gone to live in Brazil’s cities return to its rivers during hard times?

A

Everything is free

26
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Why do people go to the cities in Brazil?

A

Schools and hospitals

27
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What is the language of Brazil?

A

Portugese

28
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Why are Brazilians not allowed to go near the county’s small tribes of primitive Indians?

A

Fear of disease

29
Q

About 1//5 of all the fresh water on earth can be found where and during what?

A

The Amazon River at the peak of rainy season

30
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What is an example of absolute location and what geographic theme is this?

A

Coordinates; Location

31
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What is an example of relative location and what geographic theme is this?

A

At the corner of Wildflower and Balsam Way; Location

32
Q

What is an example of a physical characteristic and what geographic theme is this?

A

Mount St. Helens; Place

33
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What is an example of a human characteristic and what geographic theme is this?

A

John Hancock Building; place

34
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What are the three ways people interact with and change their environment and what geographic theme is this?

A

Adapt, Change, Depend; H-E Interaction

35
Q

Who was the first European to see the Pacific Ocean?

A

Vasco Nunez de Balboa

36
Q

Who organized a French company to begin canal work in Panama?

A

Ferdinand de Lesseps

37
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What country began the task of carving a canal through the Isthmus of Panama?

A

USA

38
Q

What year did the Canal open?

A

1914

39
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Why did it take so much time and effort?

A

Inadequate machinery and Yellow Fever

40
Q

In what mountain range did the Incas live?

A

Andes

41
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Two advances of the Incas

A

Roads, and a public school system

42
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What are two reasons the people were content living under the Inca king?

A

They believed he was a descendant of the Sun God and he made sure nobody was starving

43
Q

Inca Capital

A

Cuzco

44
Q

Mesoamerica Climate Region

A

Sub- Tropical

45
Q

Driest place on earth

A

Atacama Desert in Argentina

46
Q

Longest Uninterrupted waterfall

A

Angel Falls in Venezuela

47
Q

Three groups of islands in the Carribean

A

Greater and Lesser Antilles, Bahamas

48
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3 Major landforms of Central America

A

Mountainous Core, Caribbean Lowlands, and Pacific Coastal Plains

49
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Major export crop of Caribbean

A

Sugar cane

50
Q

Name of the City considered center of Mayan Civilization

A

Tikal

51
Q

What was the point of the Mexican Muralist Movement?

A

To Bring Mexico together

52
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What are the stages of the Mexican Muralist Movement?

A

Spanish Conquest, Porfiriato Dictatorship, the Revolution of 1910

53
Q

Two Revolutionary Artists

A

Jose Clemente Orozco, David Siqueiros

54
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Two reasons Mexico is so polluted

A

Dog poop and factories using illegal substances for energy

55
Q

Two things Mexico did to improve health

A

Shut down companies and have no car days

56
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Literacy rate in Mexico and U.S.

A

94%

99%